Person of Jesus quotes Flashcards
What is C.S. Lewis’ famous quote about Jesus’ identity?
“Jesus was either a liar, a mad man or the son of God”
What quote from John 1:1 supports the idea that Jesus is the son of God?
“In the beginning there was the word, and the word was God, and the word was with God”
I) What is a Criticism of John 1:1?
II) Who proposed it?
I) It is logically incoherent
II) A.J. Ayer
What did the Council of Cholcecen decree about the nature of Jesus? (2)
1) Homoousis - Jesus is one substance with God
2) Hypostatic union: Jesus is fully human and fully God
What was Hume’s criticism of the resurrection?
He believed that miracles are not reliable. They are “Barbaric and ignorant” and are the myth of divinity explained away
What is a criticism of Jesus were he not the son of God?
Gregory of Nazianzen: “what he has not assumed he has not healed”
What is Apollinaris’ criticism of Jesus
He did not have fallible human nature
What did Gerald O’Collins propose about Jesus’ knowledge of his own divinity?
He had an intuition of a divine mission
What is the biggest example of Jesus as a teacher of Wisdom?
The sermon on the mount
What does Hick argue Jesus is?
Another incarnation of the divine - pluralist
What does Wittgenstein suppose about Jesus’ teachings?
“affirm life on earth”
What does Gutierrez say about Jesus as a political figure?
he was “on the underside of History”
What do Rob Web and Richard Horsley argue?
Jesus was responsible for social reform and social banditry
How does Marxist teaching align with Jesus?
He was another example of class consciousness
what does Reza Aslan argue?
Jesus would not have been crucified for heresy, as this was a punishment for political criminal. The Bible downplays Jesus’ status as a liberator
